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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the humans burn Janet at the stake?
(a) For not accepting Christianity.
(b) For being pregnant by a human.
(c) For killing a priest.
(d) For cursing God.

2. Who do Taltos recognize on sight?
(a) Witches.
(b) Each other.
(c) If someone means them harm.
(d) A pregnant woman.

3. What can the Taltos recognize on sight concerning witches?
(a) Whether the witch uses positive or negative energy.
(b) How powerful a witch is.
(c) That a person is a witch.
(d) Whether a witch can bear a Taltos child.

4. What can witches recognize on sight concerning the Taltos?
(a) Whether the male Taltos is able to have children since most of them cannot.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That a person is a Taltos.
(d) Whether the female Taltos is pregnant with a human child.

5. Where does Mary Jane suggest they go?
(a) Back to the Mayfair estate.
(b) To find Rowan.
(c) Fontevrault.
(d) To find Ash.

6. Who is the leader of the Taltos after they left the island?
(a) Ash's father.
(b) Ash.
(c) No one.
(d) Ash's brother.

7. What does Marklin do after using Tommy's lighter?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Cry.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Scream.

8. What happened to the Taltos island?
(a) It became barren.
(b) It exploded.
(c) It eventually sank into the sea.
(d) It is still there.

9. What vow does Ash find appealing about which the Catholic priest tells Ash?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Poverty.
(c) None.
(d) Obedience.

10. What is something that would clue humans in to the fact that the Taltos are not human?
(a) The Taltos' hair colors.
(b) The birth ritual.
(c) The way the Taltos can regenerate body parts.
(d) The Taltos' eye colors.

11. What rumor about Taltos blood circulates among the witches?
(a) That one drop of the Taltos blood will kill a human.
(b) That a witch who drinks Taltos blood becomes immortal.
(c) That if the Taltos lose more than a drop or two of blood, s/he will die.
(d) That the Taltos must drink the blood of its mate in order to reproduce.

12. What path does Ash believe is best for the Taltos after hearing the ideas of Christianity?
(a) That of submission.
(b) That of faith.
(c) That of domination.
(d) That of peace and love.

13. What makes a coupling Taltos pair end the coupling?
(a) The baby is ready to be born.
(b) They fall asleep for days.
(c) They hear a voice in their head.
(d) Nothing in particular.

14. What happened to human women who mated with Taltos males?
(a) They never mated with Taltos males.
(b) They died.
(c) They became insane.
(d) They left their kind to live with the Taltos.

15. What does the tolling of the bell indicate at the Motherhouse?
(a) It tolls on the hour and has no particular significance.
(b) A ceremony is about to begin.
(c) The new Superior General has been chosen.
(d) A member has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Taltos feel about loud noises?

2. What do the humans who live near the Taltos village ask the Taltos?

3. Who is accompanying Mary Jane to the boat?

4. What does Granny say usually happens to a walking baby?

5. What do the humans call the Taltos when they first begin a village among the humans?

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